Chapter+4+-+Credible

[|Obama Fact or Fiction]

[|Bush Fact or Fiction]

Please take a moment and review the two links above. They are both from the [|www.snopes.com] website. This sight adds credibility to facts. As educators we must make our lessons CREDIBLE. Learning is more plausible if the kids can be swayed to "trust" the information. This chapter talks of **vivid details** that enable a learner to better grasp and visualize what is being taught.

Discussion: What do you know about Santa Claus that makes him so real? Be specific. When growing up, what were you told, in vivid details, that caused you to latch on to the myth? (or is he a myth)